Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH RENE MEZA, ) Case No. CV 20-2343-MCS (SP) ) Petitioner, ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. ) SUMMARILY DISMISSING ) PETITION FOR WRIT OF MARTINEZ, Warden, ) HABEAS CORPUS ) Respondent. ) ) ) 17 I. INTRODUCTION On March 11, 2020, petitioner Joseph Rene Meza filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner is incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Victorville, California, where he is serving a 55-year sentence imposed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 2001 following his convictions for bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)) and possession of a firearm in furtherance of the crime (18 U.S.C. § 924(c)). Petitioner contests the legality of his detention by arguing that, due to 28 changes in…